Bankruptcy Blogs

Lax Law Enforcement Means MF Global Mistakes Will Be Repeated

11/11/11

If you're looking for lessons on risky business and recidivism, MF Global has them in spades.

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The Daily Docket: Lehman to Sell Neuberger Stake

11/11/11

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will sell its 49% stake in asset manager Neuberger Berman to Neuberger’s employees for $1.5 billion, which would benefit Lehman’s creditors and put Neuberger on a path toward 100% employee ownership. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Bankruptcy Exemptions Make the System Work

11/11/11

When a bankruptcy is filed, the debtor can keep anything that is “exempt.” That always includes household goods and personal effects, and, most of the time, provides a homestead exemption that protects the debtor’s home. But why? Actually, bankruptcy exemptions are absolutely necessary to a fair and forgiving economic system.  If filing bankruptcy meant losing [...]

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Bankruptcy Information: More Like Fish or Red Wine?

11/11/11

Unlike red wine, the information you provide a bankruptcy lawyer does not improve with age. Bankruptcy information is far more like fish:  no longer palatable after it sits for a while. A bankruptcy filing is a snapshot of the client’s situation on the day the case is filed.  From the point when the case is [...]

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Blog of the Day: Occupying Oakland, Banking at Wells

11/10/11

The title of Javelin Strategy & Research's blog entry today nearly says it all: "Occupy Oakland deposits $20,000 with ... Wells Fargo."

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Leave Money Market Funds Alone!

11/10/11

The premise behind proposed changes to money market funds is that a subordinated capital and floating net asset values will prevent "runs." Logic and evidence point to the contrary.

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Syms Shareholders May Get Bankruptcy Committee

11/10/11
Bloomberg

Federal bankruptcy monitors are scouting for shareholders willing to serve on an official committee representing equity stakeholders in the bankruptcy liquidation of cu

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Are Banks Themselves to Blame for Customer 'Unprofitability'?

11/10/11

The branch model is outdated, and not just because many still use pneumatic tubes at the drive-through lane.

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Holiday Party at The Mark for Events

11/10/11

Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum Financial Lawyers Conference Federal Bar Association LACBA Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association Beverly Hills Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee invite you to a Holiday Party at The Mark for Events Support...

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